It is only perfection in the foundations that can lead to mastery of the whole...'Talent is Work'

Whenever we dig down into the achievements of a creative artist, we invariably trace them to the beginning of all beginnings: labour.

The degree of freedom we enjoy outwardly is a reflection of the degree of love we cultivate inwardly.

Nothing represents a man better than his ideas.

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

There is no field of activity for great men without the coming of great wars, great struggles and great revolutions.

When I realised I wasn't Michael Jackson and I was this 10 year old boy growing up in the suburbs, I was devastated

Only six percent of films are made by women. And so in that that paradigm, a woman making a film at all is a political statement. A woman speaking her truth creates a feminist film.

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

The joy I feel is immense; it burns inside me as though I have swallowed a piece of the sun.

I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not.

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.